d&d 5e

You and your companions are adventurers: agents of the Summerblossom Empire. It's been good. The pay is adequate, the food is decent, and the hours are excellent. For the past few months you’ve been on rotation in Cedar Valley, a small mountain village whose only real claim to fame is its...

It is well known that magic is a very important part of Dungeons and Dragons. From the Wizard incinerating their enemies (and the rest of the party) with Fireball, while the Cleric can cast Cure Wounds whenever their allies (that they like) are low on life. And due to the number of spell slots...

HELLO SUFFICIENT VELOCITY (and a very happy Christmas/Yule/Winter Festival/Dark Time to everyone!) It is I, Mr. Cloak, with a new story- one that's a QUEST! Welcome to The BroadCaster's Quest! So first: obvious probable questions: Yes, that is the title. Yes, I will continue updating my...

"I am currently on a floating airship heading to the esteemed Beacon Academy. Where hopeful huntsman initates from Vale hope to make their way and become full time licensed huntsman. I remember all that brought me to this moment. My first encounter with Grimm was... [] After I graduated from...

Well, it's not more Exiled Blade. Too much work to dive back into the head space needed to write that, and I'm working on something OC. (I hope.) So, here's a bit of fun, very rough and raw. It really needs a second and maybe third pass before posting, but I just can't give it the love it...

Goblins. They were little more than pests before she fell asleep. Mask ruminated as she watched the horde. She couldn’t count their numbers, the swarm frothing and teeming as if a solid mass, broken only by the crude fortifications they had erected, and the titans that even from where she stood...

I want to run a campaign out of the Ghosts of Saltmarsh book. The setting is Greyhawk, not Forgotten Realms. I am looking for five PCs who are travelling to Saltmarsh together to seek their fortune. Character Generation: PCs start at level 1 with a free feat. Variant Human is disallowed...

Under raging storm clouds, a lone figure stands silhouetted against the ancient walls of Castle Ravenloft. The vampire Count Strahd von Zarovich stares down a sheer cliff at the village below. A cold, bitter wind spins dead leaves about him, billowing his cape in the darkness. Lightning splits...

When I fell asleep in my car last night, I hadn't expected to wake up in a vast trashyard; I mean, when you fall asleep in a Home Depot parking lot, you expect to wake up in a Home Depot parking lot. But no, this morning I woke up to the sights, and smells, of a massive junkyard. So, here I...

AUthors Note: Updated insanely from previous version The ancient goddess of the Drow, spiders, trickery, and war had recently defeated her daughter in a grand game of sava. Now, this was only in one of the realms and there were numerous other realms where the two vied for control of the Drow...

Ah.... the Kingdom of Emain, peaceful, serene and full of adventure. Everyone who is destined for something worthwhile will eventually go to the Captial City of Serenity's Grace, to join the ranks of the elite of the adventurers, their names and companies remaining despite time in itself...

Basic Information: 1. The Setting of Coalia: This is an ancient world, one that has seen the dawn and twilight of a thousand generations of a thousand empires. It witnessed the arrival of mortalkind and gave birth to many a great wonder…and many a great terror. It was in this world, unexplored...

This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers. Gnaws iron, bites steel, Grinds hard stones to meal, Slays king, ruins town, and beats tall mountain down. - You lived in an age of dragons. You were sure that it would endure forever. The draconic empires were mighty. Their...

It is said that the greatest heroes of the world are immortal. For if they died, they could simply walk out of the afterlife and none would dare to try to stop them. That the gods of the world once walked as men and women, and the world shook for their presence. Even if it is true, and the...

Baldur's Gate: Sufficient Velocity Edition Nestled atop the cliffs that rise from the Sword Coast, the citadel of Candlekeep houses the finest and most comprehensive writings collection of writings on the face of Faerun. It is an imposing fortress, kept in strict isolation from the intrigues...

OOC The battered old lift reaches the bottom of the shaft, the gears ceasing movement with a final creak of tormented wood and brass. The sudden quiet is almost deafening. Five figures are on board; armed and armoured, strong and skilled. A red-haired warrior woman, in sturdy chain mail and...

IC here Three hundred years ago, the Kingdom of Alfos build a tower, tall enough to reach the top of the sky, to conquer the very heavens. In response, the gods smote the Tower and Kingdom, collapsing it into a great chasm. It became a maze of shattered masonry and fallen rooms hidden under the...

It is the bitter taste of brackish water that jolts you into consciousness. Flailing about, you upright yourself from where you have been floating on the water’s surface. The sky is overcast, and you can’t tell if it’s late morning or early afternoon. You’re soaked to the bone and you after a...

Cold. For what seemed like forever, all she felt was cold. Then, slowly, warmth began to return to her, creeping in from the tips of her fingers and toes, crawling across her face as the heat made its way towards the lance or ice within her chest. She could feel her muscles twitching as...

Hello, I'm DMing for a D&D 5e campaign, and I want advice on how to portray the interactions with peasants in an hostile empire. Little backstory: The adventurers have been hired by an island nation, Spyra, to essentially wreak havoc in an empire encompassing the "Daggerthorn Isles,"...

"It has almost been two generations since the Great Khan united the Orcish tribes of the vast Northern plains and led them south to the warring Elven Kingdoms. Instead of conquering the divided nation as many feared, the Great Khan played the duelling dynasties against each other and used his...

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The Museum of National History was not typically considered a liminal place. During the daytime, it was filled with both tourists and patriots. As one of the finest such institutions in the land, it reliably drew large crowds. One of the biggest draws was the sword Radiant Chooser. Once upon a...

The Museum of National History was not typically considered a liminal place. During the daytime, it was filled with both tourists and patriots. As one of the finest such institutions in the land, it reliably drew large crowds. One of the biggest draws was the sword Radiant Chooser. Once upon a...

Professor Dumbledore once more draws his wand down to the pensive and begins to swirl its contents. “These have been provided by your parents. They thought that they might jog some element of your memory to see yourself in your younger years.” Dumbledore pauses to take a breath before he...